http://www.cgi-interactive-uk.com/splitting_large_files.html<br><br><b><i>christopher wyllie <cgwyllie@googlemail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Hey everyone,<br><br>Sorry if this has been covered before(as it probably has) but I can't find the thread<br><br>Basically I need to backup my /home/christopher folder before I send my laptop away to be serviced. I only have DVDs available at the moment.<br> <br>How is best(abd nist reliable) to do this from a recovery point of view also?<br><br>Can someone list the sort of commands I would need to use for this? Should I tar it and then split the tar? (If so please explain how :P)<br> <br>I have ~20GB data and a pack of 10 DVDs.<br><br>Any help VERY much appreciated as I have to backup tonight as my laptop goes tomorrow. (Yes I would have done this sooner but my external drive has become lost in shipping or something like
it... :( )<br> <br>Thanks all!<br> Chris<br> _______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk</blockquote><br><p> 
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